Shoe.



.PATENTED APR. 21, 1903.

A. D. PUERNER.

SHOE.

APPLIUATION FILED Dna. 11, 1902.4

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR DON PUERNER, OF BUTTE, MONTANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO T. G. HEINE,- OF BUTTE, MONTANA.

SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters .Patent lvm-725,771, dated April 21, 1903.

Application tiled December 11, 1902. Serial Nth 134133Z- (NO mOel-l To @ZZ whom it may concern.: edge of this vamp 3 is also inturned and se- Beit known that I, ARTHUR DON PUERNER, cured between the two soles and covers the' a citizen of the United States, residing at crevice between the outer sole and vamp 2, Butte, in the county of Silverbowand State of thus preventing access of moisture at this 55 5 Montana, have invented certain new and usepoint.

ful Improvements in Shoes; and I do declare -A back strapn is forined centrally with a the following to be a full, clear, and exact definger-loop 6 for the usual purpose and has script-ion of theinvention,such as will enable its ends arranged upon the inner and outer others skilled in the art to which it appersides of the quarters at their point of union 6o Io tains to make and use the same. and stitched thereto on`opposite sides ot' the This invention relates to shoes, and particline of stitchin r uniting the quarters. The ularly to Waterproof shoes designed for the ends 3fL and 3b of the vamp overlap upon the use of those Working in copper-Water, mines outer side of the outer portion ot this strap ot' various kinds, quarries, brick-yards, and and may be first united by cement and then 65 15 elsewhere where a strong and durable watersecured to the outer ply or portion of the proof shoe for the use of Workmen is required. strap, the quarters, and inner vamp 2 by a The object of the invention is to provide a line of stitches 7, extending up parallel With leather shoe, which is waterproof and adaptthe edge of the outer end ofthe vamp 3 on ed to last a considerable period under the one side of the center of the' point of union 7o zo roughest usage. Y of the quarters, then across parallel with the lVith these and other objects in View the upper edges ofthe vamp 3",.and then down parinvention consists of certain novel features allel with and on a line justfinside the edge of of construction, combination, and arrangethe inner or underlying end of the vamp 3/ on ment ofpart-s, as will be more fully described, the opposite side of the point of union of the 75 z5 and particularly pointed outin the appended quarters, thus forming a waterproof joint o claim. maximum strength at the rear of the double In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is vamp of the upper. In order to render the a perspective view of a shoe embodying my connection doubly secure, a rivet 8 may be invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the employed between the two vertical parallel 8o 3o same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through portions of the stitching 7 to reinforce the the rear portion of the vamp and counter. same, thus providing a construction which is Figs..4, 5, and 6 are Views similar to Fig. l, adapted to sustain the hardest kind of rough showing different constructions of the outer usage. f vamp. Figs. 7, S, 9, 10, and-l1 are views of It will be seen by my construction of up- 85 35 parts of the outer vamp and the body of the per and outer Vamp and mode of application shoe. of the latter a shoe of great strength and The shoe may be made in any shape andV wearing qualities is produced, and that as the style and of any preferred kinds of leather or outer vamp prevents moisture from entering other suitable material and is provided with the shoe between the sole and upper and 9o 4o an upper composed offa single piece of mafrom soaking through the inner vamp the terial properly shaped to form the'quarters l shoe is rendered practically waterproof unand vamp 2, which are sewed or otherwise derallconditionsofservice. Hence our shoe united at their rear edges; The lower edge lis well vadapted for the use of miners andY of the vamp is intu'rned and sewed or nailed others requiring a shoe embodying these95 45 to the inner and outer soles93 and 4 in any qualifications.

ordinary way. An outer protecting and re- As shown in Fig. 4, the shoe may be made inforcing vamp 3', composed in the form with an outside counter 3C and outer halfshown in Figs. l, 2, 3, and 7 of a single piece vamp 3d, formed of a toe-cap and side pieces of leather, covers the entire outer surface of 3e, all in one piece, or with the same parts and roo 5o the vamp 2 and is sewed at its upper edge separate toe-cap 3f,'as shown in Fig. 5, or thereto by a line of stitching 4". The lower `with a half-vamp (toe-cap and side pieces in one piece) alone, as shown in Fig. 6, and the construction may be modified in other respeets, as desired.

Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10, and l1 show the blanks from which the several parts are formed.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought that the Construction, operation, and advantages of my improved shoe will be readily apparent without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A waterproof boot or shoe comprising inner and outer soles, an upper having a continous vamp divided at the heel and having its divided edges overlapping, an outer vain p sewed at its upper edge to the inner vamp and having its lower edge secured with the lower edge of the inner Vamp to and between the soles, said outer vamp being also divided at the heel and having its divided edges overlapping, a beek strap having its ends lying, respectively, on the inner side of the inner vamp and between the overlapping ends of the two Vamps, a rivet passing through and uniting the outer end of the back strap and the divided ends of the Vamps at a point between their edges, and lines ot' vertical stitching on opposite sides of the rivet and securing the edges of the divided ends ofthe Vamps and the ends of the back strap together, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR DOhT PUERNER.

Witnesses:

W. J. KENNEDY, F. H. PILLNG. 

